Lot 70A-HA-EAST OF THE SUN WEST OF THE MOON-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY- WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE- GREATEST HITS -1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1972 UK-EPIC-SEPC69002. Matrices A-1/B-1. A rare early edition of the grandees of funk music. This is a compilation album by the American band Sly and the Family Stone. It was first released on November 21, 1970 by Epic Records. The album includes all the singles from the albums Dance to the Music (1968), Life (1968) and Stand! (1969). Three tracks released as singles in 1969 first appear on the album here: "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "Everybody Is a Star" and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". The recordings in this compilation do not always match the versions of the singles; some songs are presented here in their album version and mixes. Mixes sometimes have different editing and vocal and/or instrumentation changes. Greatest Hits was certified five times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling five million copies in the United States. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album 60th on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 61st on its revised 2012 list, and 343rd in its 2020 ranking. ...more

WATERS, ROGER-THE WALL LIVE IN BERLIN (2LP)-1990-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-MERCURY-846613-1. A rare European original of the cult concert. The Wall: Live in Berlin is a concert performance of the legendary rock opera The Wall by Pink Floyd, organized by its main author Roger Waters and held on July 21, 1990 at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, which has long been divided by the Berlin Wall. The concert was filmed as a TV movie, and also released in September 1990 as a live album. The concert took place in the presence of a 200,000-strong audience on July 21, 1990 at Potsdamer Platz, which was previously a no-man's land separating East and West Berlin. During the concert, a "wall" with a width of more than 160 m and a height of about 25 m was erected on the stage, which was finally destroyed to the ground. Many bright performers and actors took part in the show. ...more

HODGES, JOHNNY AND WILD BILL DAVIS - JOE'S BLUES-1965-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-VERVE-V6-8617. A rare American original of one of the iconic jazz albums.  This is an album by two American jazz magnates Johnny Hodges (saxophone) and organist Wild Bill Davis with performances at Van Gelder Studio in 1965, released on the Verve label. The Allmusic website awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "The studio date of the two jazzmen is one of the most enjoyable sessions of his meetings with different musicians for Verve...  ...more

ENIGMA-MCMXC a.D.-1990-THE FIRST UK/EU GERMANY-VIRGIN PRESS number 211-209. A mega rare original of the iconic album. MCMXC a.D. is the debut and most popular album of the Enigma project, released in 1990. Reaching the No. 1 position in 41 countries, it garnered 57 platinum awards, including triple platinum in the United States, where it remained on the Billboard 200 album chart for five years. ...more

ELTON JOHN-PEACHTREE ROAD 2005-FIRST UK PRESS-ROCKET-9872301-2. Mega rare original  edition of the iconic album . Peachtree Road is the twenty-seventh Studio album by British singer / songwriter Elton John, released in 2004. It was named after PEACHTREE road, the Northern part of PEACHTREE street in Atlanta, where one of the four houses John. Peachtree Road was one of the best-selling contemporary efforts of John, reaching No. 17 in the USA after its release, but only managing No. 21 in the UK, making it one his rare albums to miss the top ten in their homeland. In the US it was certified gold in December 2004 by the RIAA .It debuted at number 12 In Denmark in November 2004, taking the highest place in the country. ...more